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Role Description

The Staff Accountant is responsible for supporting the financial operations of the Lifepoint Business Services (LBS) organization by performing a variety of accounting tasks, primarily preparing journal entries, reviewing journal entries for proper approvals and support, and assisting facility and LBS teams with various financial analyses and reporting.

• Work closely with the site liaison, local facility, HSC, and other LBS teams to record journal entries, ensure journal entries contain proper approval and support, and ensure journal entries are recorded correctly.
• Work closely with the site liaison team through month-end close process to ensure journal entries are recorded according to month-end close schedules as documented in the month-end close checklists.
• Manage the monthly journal entry volume for a range of facilities or general ledger accounts.
• Work closely with Site Liaison and other LBS teams with journal entry analysis, including providing support for entries.
• Support general ledger, subledger, and journal entry analysis as needed, including ability to use reporting tools such as OTBI to query transactions to perform necessary research and analysis.
• Review and scrutinize journal entries for appropriateness and accounting validity.
• Collaborates with operations in accordance with close checklists during the month-end close process.
• Identify continuous improvement initiatives.
• Maintain regular and reliable attendance.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.
• 2+ years of experience, preferably within the healthcare or hospital industry.
• Joint Venture experience a plus.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation preferred.

Requirements

• Authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.

Benefits

• Salary Range: $57,805 - $78,036 per year.

Company Description

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities.

We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.

We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.